Klarinet Archive - Posting 000147.txt from 2003/02

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] vintage Buffet "A" clarinet
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:57:45 -0500

In a message dated 2/6/2003 2:10:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, raycraft@-----.com writes:

> My repair guy said he didn't think I'd need to worry about breaking it in, so I started right in playing it for 2 to 3 hours a day... Guess what? It got a couple of nasty
cracks in it within two weeks!!! Bummer. I don't want that to happen to this one...>>

Sue -

When I get really old clarinets like that, I strip them and immerse them in oil for about a week. Really seems to help. I use a solution of oild which contains mostly Almond oil. Really seems to bring the wood back.

Walter
www.clarinetXpress.com
oil immersion therapies

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